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From: scott@dcs.qmw.ac.uk (Scott Mitchell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: SCSI or IDE hard drive/CD-ROM
Date: 21 Aug 1996 11:13:22 GMT
Organization: Queen Mary & Westfield College, London, UK
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In-reply-to: Paul Newhouse's message of Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:00:35 -0700
In article <32191C43.7566F4CF@diac.com> Paul Newhouse <pimin@diac.com> writes:
> From: Paul Newhouse <pimin@diac.com>
> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
> Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 19:00:35 -0700
> Organization: NAS
>
> David Zakai wrote:
>
> > Purchase decision: SCSI or IDE hard drive/CD-ROM for new
> > Pentium 166 MHz, PCI system. Why? Cost.
>
> > Is it a mistake to use 2 gigabyte EIDE drive with FreeBSD
> > instead of 2.1 gig SCSI drive?
>
> > The EIDE system is several hundred dollars cheaper.
>
> How much performance can your pocket book handle???
>
> Paul
Several *hundred* dollars! Beat your supplier over the head with a
big stick until he sees sense! Although now that I think about it
that might be the additional cost of the SCSI controller, right?
Seriously, if you can afford it go for the SCSI option. A machine
that fast deserves the best.
Cheers,
Scott
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